Ministry ran stringent tests on B20 biodiesel


KUALA LUMPUR: The Primary Industries Ministry is maintaining that it had conducted reasonably extensive testing of B20 biodiesel before making it mandatory.

At the launch of the B20 – a mix of 20% palm biodiesel and 80% petroleum diesel – here yesterday, its minister Teresa Kok reiterated that her ministry and Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) had conducted field tests with government agencies such as the Kajang Municipal Council, Subang Jaya Municipal Council, Ampang Jaya Municipal Council, Shah Alam City Council and Selayang Municipal Council.

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